Have you ever tried to look for a yoga buddy or find a last-minute pickup game? SportsBuddy says it solves the “finding someone to play with” problem by serving you dozens of “sports buddies” via proprietary Smart-Matching system. After months of beta testing in Miami, SportsBuddy is launching its app in the Apple App Store today.
Not only does the app introduce you to new sports buddies, but it can show you golfing venues and open basketball games, for instance. You can also organize your own event, invite friends, and to keep track of RSVPs. The chat feature lets you coordinate times with a potential yoga partner or post pictures in a group thread after a friendly game of soccer.
Says CEO Pedro Ast, a former professional tennis player: “Playing sports together is one the most authentic experiences people can share. In sports, it doesn’t matter what you do, or what language you grew up speaking. What matters is the joy of playing, and the love of the game. I’m most excited to see how SportsBuddy can help people build real relationships.”
SportsBuddy’s Smart-Matching algorithms learn more about you the more you use it so the app can make better matches in tennis, golf, basketball, soccer, yoga and gym. “We’re still hard at work improving the service and developing features to delight and engage our users,” said COO Michael Tsinkler.
SportsBuddy was spun out of FFWD Labs, a Miami-based accelerator of mobile applications. The iOS App supports South Florida users but plans to expand to other markets later this year.
Posted Feb. 9, 2015